Reardan is the rich white farm town that sits in the wheat fields exactly 22 miles away from the Rez. And it's a hick town I suppose filled with farmers and rednecks and racists cops who stop every Indian that drives through. During one week when I was little dad got stopped three times for DWI- Driving While Indian.
Sherman AlexieYou want the good life? You live where white people live, you go to school where white people go to school, and you shop where white people shop.
Sherman AlexieI used to sleep with my books in piles all over my bed and sometimes they were the only thing keeping me warm and always the only thing keeping me alive. Books are the best and worst defense.
Sherman AlexieWhen it comes to death, we know that laughter and tears are pretty much the same thing.
Sherman Alexie